Passenger held with 34 gold bars in Ctg airport

country crime

Ctg Correspondent: Dhaka, Jun-01,

Customs officials arrested a man along with 34 gold bars and 14 gold chains weighing around four kg at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Wednesday.

The detained Saiful Islam, hailed from Lohagara Upazila of the district, was a passenger on Air Arabia Airlines flight that landed at Shah Amanat International today.

On a tip-off, a team of Customs Intelligence and National Security Intelligence (NSI) conducted a joint drive at an Air Arabia Airlines flight landed here came from Dubai this morning and arrested passenger Saiful with the gold bars, said customs intelligence additional deputy director M Sultan Mahmud.

“The bars and chains were recovered after searching his body,” he said.

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